Nothin’ to Lose: the Making of KISS (1972-1975) chronicles the crucial
formative years of the legendary rock band KISS, culminating with the
groundbreaking success of their classic 1975 album
Alive! and the smash single “Rock and Roll All Nite,” a song that
nearly four decades later remains one of the band’s most enduring
anthems. Drawing on more than 200 new interviews, the book offers a
captivating and intimate fly-on-the-wall account of their launch,
charting the struggles and ultimate victories that led them to the
threshold of superstardom. Constructed as an oral history, the book,
includes original interviews with Paul, Gene, Ace, and Peter, as well as
producers, engineers, management, record company personnel, roadies,
club owners, booking agents, concert promoters, costume, stage and art
designers, rock photographers, publicists, and key music journalists.
Many of KISS's musical contemporaries from the time, most of whom shared
concert bills with the band on their early tours, also lend their
perspective via new interviews including Bob Seger, Aerosmith, Black
Sabbath, Rush, Slade, Blue Oyster Cult, Mott the Hoople, Journey, REO
Speedwagon, Styx, Raspberries, James Gang, Montrose, Black Oak Arkansas,
Ted Nugent, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, New York Dolls, Iggy & the
Stooges, The Ramones, Suzi Quatro, Savoy Brown, Argent, Nazareth, Uriah
Heep, Suzi Quatro, Leslie West, Status Quo, Jo Jo Gunne, The Rockets and
Wishbone Ash among others. Profusely illustrated with over 150 photos,
the end result is an indelible and irresistible portrait of a band on
the rise and the music scene they changed forever.